Alberta suspends caribou protection plan, asks for assistance from Ottawa Published 3/19/2018 6:02 PMAlberta is suspending portions of its draft plan to protect threatened woodland caribou, saying more research needs to be done and that Ottawa needs to help out.Environment Minister Shannon Phillips told the house Monday the province is acting on concerns about the economic impacts of the protect...Published at CBC Edmonton

Alberta father charged with leaving 2-month-old baby in car outside bar Published 3/19/2018 5:27 PMA Drayton Valley father has been charged with child abandonment after a two-month-old infant was left alone in a car outside a rural bar.The 33-year-old man, who appeared intoxicated to witnesses, pulled over on the side of the road near a Calmar bar at around 10:30 p.m. Friday and went in, RCMP ...Published at CBC Edmonton

Edmonton owners reunited with stolen English bulldogs Published 3/19/2018 4:26 PMTwo English bulldogs stolen in Edmonton last week were reunited with their owners on the weekend after they were found roaming near Rimbey, Alta.The dogs, a six-month-old black and white male named Rocky and a three-year-old brown female named Jersey, were unharmed.The animals were in the cab of ...Published at CBC Edmonton

Disabled Albertans with trust funds can qualify for AISH under new bill Published 3/19/2018 3:00 PMThe Alberta government has introduced new legislation allowing Albertans with disabilities to qualify for Assured Income for Severely Handicapped (AISH) benefits even if they have a trust fund set up for their care.Bill 5, introduced in the legislature by Community and Social Services Minister Ir...Published at CBC Edmonton

'For Monica:' Alberta man opens up on why he helped police catch a killer Published 3/19/2018 2:29 PMBrady Flett says he knew within days of the deaths of an Alberta couple and their daughter that the supposedly grief-stricken son was involved somehow.Flett, though, did not see Jason Klaus as a killer at first, despite details he kept dropping that pointed to Gordon, Sandra and Monica Klaus havi...Published at CBC Edmonton

Notorious Russian online troll farm also took swipes at Canadian targets Published 3/19/2018 10:48 AMThe same Russian online troll farm that meddled in the U.S. presidential election has also taken swipes at Canadian targets, including the country's oil infrastructure and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Evidence is embedded in data made publicly available through investigations in the United State...Published at CBC Edmonton

Female teacher blazes trail in NAIT's auto body shop Published 3/19/2018 7:00 AMIt took years of sweeping floors and taking out the trash before Cecile Bukmeier got her hands on a car.Bukmeier was a 15-year-old high school student in an apprenticeship program where the technicians in the auto body shop wouldn't let her near one."I didn't even wash cars. They didn't let me to...Published at CBC Edmonton